The dark art of filling the dancefloor came to Flambards Theme Park in Helston on Saturday night (October 27), when more than 5,000 free spirits of the night partied until 6am, at the Ball’s latest masterpiece.

The Masked Ball has always delivered a very special kind of magic and its Voodoo-themed Halloween extravaganza will have brought even more people under its spell – and probably left a few people feeling like zombies by the morning.

With around a dozen venues and stages and more witch doctors, high priestesses and voodoo dolls than you could shake your juju at, this year’s event raised the Ball’s bar even higher.

Europe’s biggest Halloween party, now a permanent fixture in every hedonist’s calendar, and the only to be staged in a theme park is the spectacle of the warped, the fanciful and the downright devilish.

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Although a trickier theme to interpret than previous Halloween Masked Ball propositions, the imagination of the Masked Ball faithful resulted in a cast of dressed-up demons that would fit in with any Hammer House of Horror production.

In keeping with the Masked Ball tradition of freaky surprises, the team had once again called on their ghostly creative juices to excel in the production. Old venues were enhanced and changed and new venues summoned from the depths of the underworld.

Voodoo Island saw deep grooves from some of the finest DJs in the South West while the chomp, pomp and cheese of the ‘80s reigned supreme in Fangz. Hospitality saw all the biggest names on the UK drum and bass scene shake the gravestones, while The Altar Stage saw surreal, and spectacular performances by UK festival favourites Oh, My God It’s The Church and Porthleven’s own boy band Half Kut.

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Masked Ball’s master of voodoo, and Cornish Baron Samedi, Kelvin Batt said: “We’ve worked hard this year to make the Halloween Masked Ball full of the surprises for which it is infamous. We’re humbled by our loyal following and to those that throw themselves, with pure abandon, into the event.

Having a laugh at Halloween Masked Ball (Image: Tim Macknelly)

“Next year, Arc Live - the production company behind the Masked Balls, has some exciting events and developments planned. We’re putting our decade of experience in running unique parties into some new projects that will be sure to put Cornwall at the top of the list for innovative and inspiring events.”